New Year's Eve is all about partying and spending quality time with your loved ones. But when the clock strikes 12, some will start shoveling grapes into their mouths while sitting under a table, ...

Here's the tradition that lies behind signature soul food dishes served on New Year's Eve. Black-eyed peas, collard greens, tender pork, and cornbread are typical staples in Black households on New ...

If New Year’s Eve is about celebration, New Year’s Day is imbued with superstition. Every year on January 1, a peculiar assortment of historic rituals are performed as a way to invite good fortune for ...

From making resolutions and eating black eyed peas, to hanging onions outside and eating grapes, people all across the world are preparing their personal rituals to ring in the New Year at midnight on ...

Revelers all over the world celebrate the coming of the new year by partying all night, kissing at midnight and drinking champagne. But that might not be in the cards if you have a 10-year-old. New ...

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Dr. Precha Suvunrungsi, 85, of Killeen, Texas, passed away on December 1, 2025, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, service, and healing that touched thousands of lives. Born on September 28, 1940 ...

The tradition of using evergreen trees and plants for winter celebrations predates Christianity. Ancient cultures like the Romans, Egyptians, and Celts used evergreens to symbolize life and the ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A Marine veteran who died with no known family was laid to rest Wednesday on December 3, in Fargo, but he wasn’t alone. The community answered a call to make sure ...

The great Norse warriors not only believed in the afterlife, but saw it as their duty to help the deceased get there, with complex ceremonies such as burying their dead in ships. THE ANUNDSHÖG RUNE ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington National Cathedral on Thursday hosted a bipartisan show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who in later years ...